... . Therefore, Hamlet's madness has reached its climax and his pretenses have now consumed him. In order to diagnose Hamlet as having schizophrenia, the definition of the disorder should be given. According to the online Health Center, schizophrenia is "a group of psychotic disorders characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, affect, behavior, and communication-. While there is no specific cause for schizophrenia, it is believed ... disorder is in violence, Hamlet displays this on four occasions: Polonius" murder, the murders of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the attack and murde...

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